Grace Lin

Researcher / Assistant Producer / Fixer

About Me

Grace is a versatile TV producer and a BJTC journalism award winner in 2016 who holds an MA in Television Journalism. She has worked with BBC current affairs, BBC Chinese Service, ITV News and many Indies in London during the past two years.

Grace is a versatile TV producer and a BJTC journalism award winner in 2016 who holds an MA in Television Journalism. She has worked with BBC current affairs, BBC Chinese Service, ITV News and many Indies in London during the past two years.

Grace relocated to Cardiff since 2018, currently working as a shooting Researcher / AP developing, writing and filming a variety of human interest stories with a journalistic approach. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English, as well as has experiences of setting up shoots and directing on locations in over 20 countries as a researcher or director, documenting authentic local culture and lifestyle for a variety of TV programmes. Please find the showreel (link above) for your kind reference.

During 2007 and 2015, she has 8 years of work experience in both development and productions across genres of factual programme, reality show and documentary, as well as coordinating in the post productions for TV drama series. As a team-player with multi-skills, visual flair and editorial judgement, her executive-produced and line-produced works have acclaimed Best Travel Programme of Golden Bell Awards in 2012 (Hakka Flavour of Hometown) and 2016 (Hakka Overseas) in Taiwan and highly commended by Asian TV Awards (ATA) for Best Original Screenplay in 2016 (SUNSET).

Completing video ethnography fieldworks in Shanghai, China. Self-filming, conducting interviews and editing (FCP) a full story of participants, as well as analysing the cross-cultural human behaviours and lifestyle.

Description:Have led the production team to be nominated National TV awards - shortlisted four times for Best Travel Programme of Golden Bell Awards in Taiwan during 2011 - 2014.

Managed a team of four, overseeing production process from development, production, post-production to delivery, as well as built up relationships with broadcasters, clients and contributors in Asia and Europe.

Have moved to this position from a researcher with 6 years solid work experiences in access negotiation, coordination overseas, script writing, research and casting; then to a director with 2 year self-shooting, editing and conducting shoots in Japan, Italy, Denmark, France and Cambodia.

Description:Directed factual reality show “Charging Travel” in Hawaii and Beijing, collaborated with 40 international crews on location and conducted a filming crew of six. Broadcast on Qinghai Television (QHTV) in 2015.

Description:Assisted the rehearsals of EU Referendum LIVE Result Programme in the studio, as potential panels discussing migrant, economic, youth perspective and relevant topics with the Presenter Tom Bradby. Monitor the rival channels online in the newsroom on 23 June.